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rocks and minerals are porous therefore they are able to hold a tiny amount of water
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Which element is present in the largest amount in rocks and minerals?
silicon
What type of minerals are most rocks composed of?
Quartz, feldspar and biotite are the most common type of minerals that a rock is composed of. Rocks can be sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic; any of the 3 minerals are always present in the rocks.
How are rocks related to minerals?
Rocks are composed of one or more minerals.
Are rocks the same as minerals?
Rocks are normally combinations of different minerals.
How rocks and minerals are different?
Minerals are usually small colored gems, whereas rocks are usually black, grey or white. Also, minerals have a chemical in which makes our bodies better. Those minerals are used in mineral water. Rocks do not have that chemical.
What is uranium present in?
Uranium is present in approx. 220 rocks and minerals.
Which minerals are not present in felsic type igneous rocks but are present in mafic type igneous rocks?
Minerals which contain much magnesium and iron, like olivine and pyroxene.
Which element is present in the largest amount in rocks and minerals?
silicon
How do rocks compared in color?
A rock's color is dependent on the minerals present and quantity of those minerals.
Which rock in which the mineral is not present?
Rocks are aggregates of minerals,thus there is no rock without minerals. Q.E.D
What type of minerals are most rocks composed of?
Quartz, feldspar and biotite are the most common type of minerals that a rock is composed of. Rocks can be sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic; any of the 3 minerals are always present in the rocks.
Which are not minerals?
Water and air are not minerals; granite, porphyry, clay, pumice are rocks, not minerals.
What minerals are present in conglomerate rocks?
All different kinds, usually quartz.
Why does water have minerals?
because of the rocks it goes through
How are plants water and rocks alike?
They all have minerals
When water evaporates and the minerals glue the rocks together sedimentry rocks formed by?
Cementation.
Which minerals have radon in them?
[Radon_is_found_in_all_kinds_of_rocks_everywhere]Radon exist in rocks containing uranium or thorium.
